Re: Nickel Trophy Update
Originally Posted by
Vet70
Four things. One, saying we don't care about the trophy doesn't necessarily demonstrate "butthurt". The way you have worded your statement if people were drooling to get it back you could also say that is"butthurt". Second, we didn't lose the last matchup, we beat the snot out of them. If you are talking about 2003 and the last contest involving the trophy you are correct. It would have been nice to have beaten them at that game, but after 6 National Championships in 7 years why should we care? It's like not having the marker. It would be nice, but I am sure the players would rather have their rings. Third, if we had the nickel it would have been given to the State Historical Society as required by law instead of hiding it like children. Fourth it is ancient history and irrelevant that they have it.
First, let me just say that I have nothing but love for all NDSU fans and I wasn't intending on getting into a pissing match here. Particularly you, Vet. Your "Countdown to Cal Poly" has been great.
However, I will say that what I am seeing from a lot of my fellow Bison faithful are false dilemmas and special pleading. Particularly from you in this exact post. Vet, you're saying that the Bison players can either want to have a rivalry trophy like the nickel or want to have National Championship rings, but they can't want both? Why not? Of course they would RATHER have rings over the coin, but no one here is saying you have to pick one. That's silly.
Also, why is it not like having the marker? It is actually, quite literally, like having the marker. It is a rivalry trophy. The players want it. Just like the players from the 80s and 90s wanted the nickel. The first 8 championships were just as special as the last 6, just like the nickel was as fun to have as the marker. When Bison fans diminish it and call it stupid, then yeah, to me, sounds a little like a sore loser. And in the end, the refrain should be no different. They get to have the coin, we get some rings. Let them gloat. We have more to gloat about.
Finally, yeah, you're right, I really should have clarified that I was talking about the 2003 game when they lost the nickel and not the recent 2015 game in a thread about the nickel. I'm sure everyone here was confused. Silly mistake. Won't happen again.
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